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Friday, February 17, 2012

Christmas Follows Valentine's Day, Right?

Hi! Thanks for stopping by. I'm delighted to have made a card for some wonderful on-line challenges. Ever receive store-bought cards which are just too pretty to be put in the neighborhood recycle bin? This card is one of those. Recycled "in-house", this card front has only been altered slightly with blue ink, VersaMark and Sparkle Embossing Powder, and of course, lots of layers and embellishing.

A very talented Girl Friend invented a spectacularly-easy-to-use Bow Maker called Craft-Dee BowZ. Even my fumble fingers make perfect bows everytime. While it is designed for children and adults, she also made some adjustments for "handi-capped" people such as myself. Thank you DeeDee!

Sparkle EP allows use of the VersaMark Pad and/or VersaMarker, to get in those special spots. Here a small 1" cube was smooshed across the bulk of the snow, and then the marker did the areas around the children and sky, so they remained glitter-less. Much easier than glue, Sparkle EP will never rub off, either.

Donna, I did post a comment over on the SnS blog but wanted to make sure you saw it here, too. Love all the sparkle on your card, and I really believe in recycling store-bought cards, especially Christmas cards! I’ve even been known to die cut the inside sentiment from a Christmas card and use it as the card-front focus of a hand-made card. Of course, being able to do that depends on whether or not the sender wrote over the inside sentiment. lol Hugs.

Oh this is a Great way to recycle! I have aBox full of the ones that I just can't part with and always end up adding a couple to the box each year.. Love this idea Miss Donna! And Love the sparkle too! 8-)

Such a beautiful card. You really made a phenomenal (sp?) card. Love the punches, inking, layered dies and the Sparkle EP snow. You have such a gift for layering! And don't you wish that the Christmas spirit lived all year?Love ya.

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